Restructuring the Philadelphia Region: Metropolitan Divisions and Inequality (Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision) (Philadelphia Voices, Philadelphia Vision)

Restructuring the Philadelphia Region offers one of the most comprehensive and careful investigations written to date about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. Moving beyond simplistic analyses of cities-versus-suburbs, the authors use a large and unique data set to discover the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live offer them dramatically different opportunities. The book vividly portrays the region's uneven development—paying particular attention to differences in housing, employment and educational opportunities in different communities—and describes the actors who are working to promote greater regional cooperation. Surprisingly, local government officials are not prominent among those actors. Instead, a rich network of "third-sector" actors, represented by nonprofit organizations, quasi-governmental authorities and voluntary associations, is shaping a new form of regionalism. This book investigates metropolitan inequalities in one of America's large urban regions, Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex region consisting of more than 350 separate localities. With each community operating its own public services and competing to attract residents and businesses, the places people live offer them dramatically different opportunities. This book portrays the region's uneven development--particularly in the districts' housing, employment and educational opportunities. It also describes those who are working to promote greater regional cooperation--a rich network of "third-sector" actors, represented by non-profit organizations, quasi-governmental authorities and voluntary associations

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carolyn Adams Is Professor Of Geography And Urban Studies At Temple University

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david Bartelt Is Professor Of Geography And Urban Studies At Temple University

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david Elesh Is Associate Professor Of Sociology And Director Of The Social Science Data Library At Temple University

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ira Goldstein Is Director Of Policy And Information Services For The Reinvestment Fund

Presents the investigations about metropolitan inequalities in America's large urban regions. This title discovers the special patterns of opportunity in greater Philadelphia, a sprawling, complex metropolitan region consisting of over 350 separate localities. It also portrays the region's uneven development. Expansion, decline, and geographies of inequality -- Employment opportunity -- Housing opportunity -- Educational opportunity -- The region's communities and the value proposition -- Who takes responsibility for addressing inequality? Looking for regional solutions to local limitations of opportunity in education, jobs and housing Book by Adams, Carolyn, Bartelt, David, Elesh, David, Goldstein, Ira